Senior Technical Architect

Description

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We are looking for a Senior Technical Architect with a background in data and software development to support a major UK Government programme from locations throughout the UK.

THE ROLE YOU WILL PLAY

You will work closely with the programme delivery manager, fellow technical specialists, external partners and our customer’s teams to support the discovery, design, delivery and operation of a wide range of data solutions. You will undertake the following activities:

• Analysis of complex technical requirements and issues.
• Design solutions which maximise automation and re-use of existing components.
• Create technical specifications and documentation.
• Plan, estimate and schedule tasks.
• Work with customer teams to deliver and implement an overall solution.
• Manage solution design through required governance.
• Provide technical guidance to developers and data engineers (customer and internal).
• Assist in the resolution of complex operational issues.

PROFILE

Required Skills:

• In depth knowledge and experience of designing, developing and integrating secure solutions in public cloud environments (e.g., AWS or Microsoft Azure).
• Experience managing and deriving requirements and establishing and maintaining traceability between them and solution components.
• Solid writing skills to include creating High-Level and Low-Level Designs and interface control documents.
• Experience of standard engineering and service management methodologies.
• Experience of database technology such as MySQL, Oracle or Amazon Redshift.
• Experience of one of the following: Power BI, Pentaho Business Analytics, ElasticSearch, Solr, Apache Kafka.
• Experience of mentoring and coaching more junior colleagues.

Desired Skills:

• Ability to interact well with senior customer stakeholders and peer architects from other teams.
• Ability to translate technical discussions into business terms
• Experience of creating and sustaining high level relationships with vendors, providers, and contractors.
• Experience of Python and its numerical, data and machine learning libraries.
• Exposure to ETL tooling.
• Exposure to data science and analytical tooling such as SAS or Posit.
• Design and development of solutions in performance critical environments.

This position is a full time, permanent role and applicants must have (or be able to acquire) SC clearance. Ad-hoc travel may be required to various customer and Leidos sites.

Commitment to Diversity:

We welcome applications from every part of the community and are committed to a truly diverse and inclusive culture. We foster a sense of belonging, welcoming all perspectives and contributions, and providing equal access to opportunities and resources for everyone. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages please let us know, and we will respond in a way that best fits your needs.

Who We Are:

Leidos UK & Europe – we work to make the world safer, healthier, and more efficient through technology, engineering and science.

Leidos is a growing company delivering innovative technology and solutions focused on safeguarding critical capabilities and transformation in frontline services, our work in the United Kingdom includes addressing some of the most complex problems in defence, healthcare, government, safety and security, and transportation.